Tuesday 31 January 2012 05.18 EST
First published on Tuesday 31 January 2012 05.18 EST

Bayer Leverkusen have signed the Tottenham Hotspur defender Vedran Corluka on loan until the end of the season.

The right-back was a first-team regular last season but has been edged out of contention thanks to the excellent form of the England youngster Kyle Walker.

The 25-year-old Croat has made only one Premier League start this season.

Corluka is one of a number of fringe players who could leave Tottenham before Tuesday's transfer window shuts at 11pm. Another seven players – including Giovani Dos Santos, Sébastien Bassong and Roman Pavlyuchenko – are known to want to leave as they are frustrated at their lack of first-team football.

Other Spurs players who could be the subject of interest are the goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes, the midfielders Steven Pienaar and Niko Kranjcar – who have been linked with London rivals Queens Park Rangers – and the England striker Jermain Defoe.

Pavlyuchenko has been strongly linked with a return to his homeland in the past few weeks as he wants to cement his place in the Russia side ahead of Euro 2012.

Reports on Tuesday morning claimed the 30-year-old striker, who has dropped down the pecking order following the arrival of Emmanuel Adebayor, launched a tirade against the Tottenham assistant Kevin Bond during a training session on Sunday over his lack of game time.

Famed for their love of last-gasp deals, Spurs may also bring in at least one player before the deadline and have been linked with Blackburn Rovers' Chris Samba and Junior Hoilett all month.

Any late transfer dealings could be complicated, however, by the fact that the north London club host Wigan at White Hart Lane just over three hours before the window shuts.

Tottenham's manager, Harry Redknapp, will also be at Southwark crown court all day answering two charges of cheating the public revenue. Redknapp, who denies both charges, is expected to travel to White Hart Lane after the day's proceedings end to take charge for the Wigan game.

Meanwhile, Tottenham announced that the England Under-21 defender Adam Smith has joined Leeds on loan until the end of the season. The 20-year-old full-back was recalled from a season-long loan at the League One side MK Dons yesterday.